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Centre Left Grassroots Alliance NPF Elections 2018 (CLP Section) Dear CLP Secretary, Labour Stands on the Threshold of History Centre Left Grassroots Alliance NPF Elections 2018 (CLP Section) Dear CLP Secretary, Labour stands on the threshold of history. The job of the NPF (National Policy Forum) is to ensure Labour has an election winning manifesto. Members are key. The elections take place this summer using OMOV. Each CLP can nominate up to 4 members in the CLP senior section plus a Youth member for the Eastern Region. At least 2 of the senior positions must be women. Grassroots candidates are committed to representing your views, reporting back and encouraging engagement. Please nominate Grassroots Alliance candidates. To make nominations, log on to Membersnet. Go to Party Activity, click CLP nominations Russell Cartwright - A065724 - Luton South CLP 0780 444 5904 [email protected] – Unite A sitting member of the National Policy Forum. I have been a CLP secretary for most of the time since 1990, and a member of the Regional Board as well as holding other posts in the Party. In my union, Unite, I am a member of its National Political Committee and have previously been an Executive Committee member. I am a member of the Co-op Party. The austerity policies of the Conservative-led governments need to be consigned to the dustbin, so that people can benefit from a sustainable growth in the economy. Labour needs to promote economic equality, increase public expenditure and expand public ownership if it is to secure a majority next time. Shelly Darwin - L0148384 - Ipswich CLP 07950641063 [email protected] – Unite Community As an active Councillor, I listen and hear where Labour can help our communities. Members voices must be heard loud and clear. I am, unfortunately both personally and through my work experience, well aware of many inequalities and injustices that exist within our society and the detrimental impact this can have on the lives and life chances of so many. I am firmly leadership supporting and inspired by the hope Labour can and is offering. Clarity and simplicity helps voters see that Labour are the party for them. I am passionate that our policy should be accessible and understandable. We can build on the strong policy foundations of our last manifesto to bring about a Labour government for the many. Paul Hunt - L0147025 - Harwich and North Essex CLP 07913954445 [email protected] – UCU For years I worked as an independent human rights expert in the United Nations. My role was to hold countries accountable, especially in relation to workers' rights and social rights. Now, as a professor in human rights at Essex University, I want to bring this experience home. Working with others, I believe I can help the Party strengthen and deliver its exciting social policies in For the Many not the Few. I believe in putting people - especially disadvantaged people and communities - at the centre. If elected to the NPF, I would work very hard to provide a dynamic link between regional CLPs and the NFP. Jo Rust - L1151270 - North West Norfolk CLP 07789 960 815 [email protected] – Unite & GMB I have a long standing history of activism within our party and the trade union movement. I stand up for and speak out on behalf of my local community, the NWN CLP members, trade union members and those who are in need. I want to make sure that the voice of those I represent embedded into Labour Party policy. I want to continue to help shape our policy making so that our Labour Party manifesto strikes exactly the right chord with the voters when we next go to the polls. I was proud to have helped shape our manifesto in 2017 and to see how much it appealed to so many voters, against the odds stacked against us by a right wing, biased media. By continuing the work already started I can see no reason why we should not achieve total success next time, knocking an unelected Theresa May and her nasty government out of the leadership and seeing Jeremy Corbyn take charge for a fairer, more democratic government. YOUTH CANDIDATE Owen Hooper – L1273686 – Basildon & Billericay CLP 07449826803 [email protected] - NUS As a student, I feel passionate about adopting policies that restore hope back to young people whether that be restoring lost Youth centres, establishing a national education service or providing meaningful apprenticeships. Young people have paid a heavy price for this Conservative government that is why I will argue for a better deal for young people. I will act as a voice for our grassroots young members who have faced years of neglect from this incompetent Government. I will listen and to the best of my ability convey the policies that you, the members would like to see in our election winning manifesto. Where possible I would like to meet as many young member groups across the eastern region to have a real discussion on the future policies of the party. 157 North St LUTON LU2 7QH Tel: 0780 444 5904 [email protected] March 2018 Dear Colleague, As a sitting member of the National Policy Forum, I am writing to seek your CLP’s nomination for the NPF in the East of England for re-election this year. In order to see Labour in power, we need to build on the successful manifesto from last year’s Election. That manifesto will be seen as a tombstone for the disastrous neo-liberal policies inflicted on working people over the past three decades and more. The austerity policies of the Conservative-led governments need to be consigned to the dustbin, so that people can benefit from a sustainable growth in the economy. If re-elected I will be supporting policies based on the 2017 manifesto and on Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election platform. It is clear that Labour needs to provide different solutions to the problems that the people of Britain will face after another five years of a hostile government. Attempting to get closer to Tory economic policy with proposals of cuts never found favour with Labour’s supporters. Full employment, a guarantee of secure homes, security at work a fully-funded NHS and a national education service are aims we will all share. Integrating social care with health care is an obvious and long-awaited objective. Labour needs to promote economic equality, increase public expenditure and expand public ownership if it is to secure a majority next time. Labour did not cause the economic crisis and before 2010 did much to minimise the impact of the banking collapse. Expanding the economy and re-establishing full employment is the way forward. Such a strategy worked in the decades after 1945 following the course established by the great Attlee government and later sustained by Labour under Harold Wilson. I have been a CLP secretary for most of the time since 1990, and a member of the Regional Board as well as holding other posts in the Party. In my union, Unite, I am a member of its National Political Committee and have previously been an Executive Committee member. I am a member of the Co-op Party. I hope you will also nominate Jo Rust, Paul Hunt and Shelly Darwin, plus Owen Hooper for the Youth seat. Nominations may be made by CLP Secretaries via Membersnet (under the ‘Party Activity’ tab) and the closing date is 22 June. Yours in comradeship, Russell Cartwright A065724 Luton South CLP CANDIDATE STATEMENT FOR CLP NOMINATION FOR ELECTION TO THE NATIONAL POLICY FORUM (DIVISON 1 - CLP SECTION) I’m seeking nomination to stand for the NPF. I’m excited by this opportunity and would value your support. I am ready to hear from members and to feedback regularly, to move forwards with shaping our manifesto for whenever a general election comes. Hopefully I will be a part of the forum to help shape that manifesto and please remember that not only do I need your nomination, I’m also asking you to trust me with your vote when voting opens in the summer. I stand for real social change; lessening the disadvantages of inequality and poverty in our society. Representation matters; I firmly believe that our party must be relatable, engaging, welcoming and open. I am a champion for equal opportunities and equality and continue to challenge and raise awareness in all that I do. Public services should be run for the good of people not profit. I have campaigned and demonstrated against cuts to our children’s centres, the fire service, education and in support of our NHS. As a single parent, a qualified teacher and having worked in youth justice; I fight for a better future for all children and young people. Have been both young labour officer and women’s officer on Ipswich CLP Executive and worked to increase engagement and strived to represent members’ views and opinions throughout. I’m an active trade unionist and branch equality officer for Suffolk Unite Community, which has become a powerful local campaigning group. Ipswich Councillor since 2015. Through interactions with residents and as a regular doorstep campaigner, I have seen that a people are best shielded from this vicious Tory government by a Labour council. I am firmly leadership supporting and am inspired by the hope labour can and is offering. Clarity and simplicity helps voters see that labour are the party for them. I am passionate that our policy should be accessible and understandable. We can build on the strong policy foundations of our last manifesto to bring about a Labour government for the many. [email protected] • 07950641063 • L0148384 • IPSWICH CLP Member: • Unite Community • BAME Labour • Grassroots Black Left • CND • Labour Women Leading • A Vice Chair of National Association of BAME Councillors Paul Hunt CLP Harwich and North Essex LP member number: L0147025 Trade union: University and College Union (UCU) Email: [email protected] Seeking nomination/support for election to the National Policy Forum (Eastern Region) I’m a democratic socialist.
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